Options for illegal alien have become very limited. The law hasn’t changed, the agency regulations have. Aliens must place their long-term reliance upon another Constitutional element. What options exist currently? Here’s one example. Before Trump, an alien who’d entered without inspection who was married to a US citizen (1) could have the spouse file an I-130 spousal petition, then...

“If you want to test a man’s character, give him power” – Abraham Lincoln “Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.” – Proverbs 26:4 In November 2014, a Republican Senate was elected. Obama then announced some “Executive” actions: a. Deferred action for parents of US citizen children and green card holders; Expansion...

A lawyer without books is like a workman without tools. – Thomas Jefferson There are all sorts of books of which the backs and covers are the best parts. –Charles Dickens A good book is opened with expectation and closed with profit. – Amos Bronson Alcott The Lawyer’s Curse – Badly Written Rubbish I know all of you reading can appreciate this: I’m sitting in my office trying to find an answer to...

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. – James Madison Amidst the din, another young male Latino, focused and serious, approaches the table and sits down. He tells me his situation....

Immigration lawyers – private and government – pull their hair out because the laws they have to work with are glaringly inadequate. Barak Obama promised comprehensive immigration reform, but then got into office and instead hammered a questionable and expensive health care bill into law. This formidable error delivered enough Republican representatives and senators into office in the mid- terms election to anger enough...